Expert Level Briefing to Member States ahead of the 8th GCTS review
The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact held a virtual expert-level briefing to Member States ahead of the upcoming 8th biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, on Friday, 17 March 2023.
The event included the participation of some of the Chairs of the 8 thematic Compact Working Groups, a civil society representative and over 50 Member States. The briefing aimed at showcasing the central role of the Counter-Terrorism Compact in support of Member States’ balanced and integrated implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
The briefing, moderated by Mr. Rafi Shah, Chief of the Policy, Knowledge Management and Coordination Branch of UNOCT, included remarks from the representatives of Canada and Tunisia in their role as co-facilitators of the 8th review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, as well as a civil society representative. The Counter-Terrorism Compact Secretariat presented the added value of the Coordination Platform to Member States and highlighted the strategic priorities for 2023. Chairs of the Compact Working Groups presented their priorities related to the 8th review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, highlighting human rights and gender mainstreaming considerations, as well as the need for joint resource mobilization and a full-fledged evaluation of the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy across all Compact Entities, as part of the upcoming review.
This event is part of the roadmap of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy review process, and the outcome of the discussion will also feed into the side events to be organized on the margins of the Third United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, scheduled to take place from 19 to 23 June 2023.
For more information, please contact GlobalCompact-committee@un.org.
